“I AM GRATEFUL.”
When is the last time that you said that to yourself, let alone to someone else?
You may be wondering,
What does gratitude have to do with me as an endurance runner or walker?
Well, as I wrote about in my book Mental Tricks for Endurance Runners and Walkers,
The Law of Attraction essentially says, “We become what we think about.” And we attract more of the people, things, and experiences for which we regularly express gratitude. … [gratitude] lets you focus the Law of Attraction on your training or racing achievements and goals.
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Tapering and happiness go together. Tapering is the process of cutting back on your training distances in the weeks and days leading up to an endurance race such as a marathon or half marathon. Happiness goes with tapering because those endurance runners and walkers who master tapering tend to be the happiest with that pre-race period as well as with their race results.
I can best explain “tapering for happiness” by sharing an email exchange that I had with a woman named Kim who wrote to me recently. Here, in this order, are her original message, my reply, and her thank-you. I hope that it helps you to taper for happiness!
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“Volunteer for happiness?” Can anyone do this? What does this really mean? And why am I writing about this today?
Let me answer these questions in reverse order.
First, I am writing about volunteering for happiness today, the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the USA, because today is a fitting day to remember all the volunteers who stepped in to help others following those attacks. Some of those volunteers made the ultimate sacrifice — with their lives. And everyone who volunteered made some sort of sacrifice to help their fellow human beings.
Some volunteering is hard. Some volunteering is easy. All volunteering helps — if even just in a small way.
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